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Arkansas- Pine Ruse band plays Cody Rhodes' theme song #.\n\nKalan Hooks, ESPNAug 31, 2024, 05:45 PM ETThough the Arkansas Razorbacks succeeded on the field against the Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions, the Golden Lions' band gained the enthusiasts in the stands.On Thursday, the Arkansas-Pine Bluff band-- called the \"Walking Music Machine of the Mid-South\"-- conducted a depiction of WWE star Cody Rhodes' theme song, \"Empire,\" in the course of the game.Rhodes fought Kevin Owens in the uncontested WWE title match at the Celebration in Berlin on Sunday. Rhodes beat Owens to stay the undeniable WWE champion.Prior to his fit, Rhodes heard the band's depiction of his theme song and shared his exhilaration about the performance. He said he will serve the band's version once or twice in the storage locker room.Berlin had me currently fired up for

WWEBashBut THIS might be actually taken once or twice in the locker room prior to my suit today.Awesome stuff @UAPBM4 u2764 https://t.co/cYA5lcG8Lwu2014 Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) August 31, 2024 The band's total functionality went viral on X and also received over 866,000 deem of Sunday evening.Arkansas-Pine Ruse director of bands John Graham said the band participants were unsure initially once they got the piece virtual. However as they practiced the song, they started to adore it." When our arranger placed the song theoretically for our team, I took a look at it [and also] a number of the students were trembling their scalps presuming, 'Absolutely no, why are our company playing this' and afterwards we started practicing it, the piece came alive," Graham said to ESPN." I claimed, 'This is actually visiting go.'"" Kingdom" wasn't scheduled the Golden Lions-Razorbacks game, however rather as an item that can be utilized later in the time. However, Graham viewed the Arkansas game as the ideal option to debut the track in the stands.When Graham provided the downbeat for the band to play the song, pleasure packed the stadium." As soon as I went down the hammer and also our experts began playing, I looked into and also viewed supporters responding like, 'They are actually playing "Empire,"'" Graham mentioned. "I observed all of them standing up with exhilaration and also good responses, and also I informed on my own, 'Our company're in listed below now.' It was a lovely moment.".